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Operation Market Garden IV Preparation

Historic order of battle

Allied order of battle

1st Allied Airborne Army

  • 1st UK Airborne Division, in
    • 1 Para Brigade, HQ Platoon, 80 men plus
      • 1 Para Battalion, 550 men in 3 companies + HQ/Support company
      • 2 Para Battalion, 525 men in 3 companies + HQ & Support company
      • 3 Para Battalion, 590 men in 3 companies + HQ company
      • support AT, 1 Para Squ, field ambulance, total 450 men
    • 4 Para Brigade, HQ Platoon, 85 men plus
      • 156 Para Battalion, 625 men in 3 companies + HQ & Support company
      • 10 Para Battalion, 580 men in 3 companies + HQ & Support company
      • 11 Para Battalion, 570 men in 3 companies + HQ & Support company
      • support AT, 4 Para Squ, field ambulance, total 450 men
    • 1 Airlanding Brigade, HQ Platoon, 70 men plus
      • 1 Battalion The Border Regiment, 790 men in 4 companies + HQ & (AT, arty, mortar) support company
      • 2 Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment, 765 men in 4 companies + HQ & (AT, arty, mortar) support company
      • 7 Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 765 men in 4 companies + HQ & (AT, arty, mortar) support company
    • Divisional units: Air landing Arty (370), reconnaisance (70), signals (350), airborne inf (700)
    • 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade Group, HQ 104 men plus
      • 1 Battalion, 350 men
      • 2 Battalion, 350 men
      • 3 Battalion, 375 men
      • support, AT, engineer, signals, medical and logistics, total 480 men
  • 82nd US Airborne Division, in
    • 504 Para Inf Rgt 3 batallions,
    • 505 Para Inf Rgt 3 batallions,
    • 508 Para Inf Rgt 3 batallions,
    • 325 Glider Inf Rgt 3 batallions,
    • Divisional Arty Rgt, 5 battalions
    • Divisional support
  • 101st US Airborne Division, in
    • 501 Para Inf Rgt 3 batallions,
    • 502 Para Inf Rgt 3 batallions,
    • 506 Para Inf Rgt 3 batallions,
    • 327 Glider Inf Rgt 3 batallions
    • Divisional Arty Rgt, 5 battalions
    • Divisional support

2nd British Army, XXX Corps

  • Guards Armoured Division, Irish Guards group and 2 brigades, 9 battalions plus a lot of various divisional units
  • 43rd Wessex Division, 3 brigades, 9 battalions plus divisional units
  • 50th Northumbrian Division, 3 brigades, 9 battalions plus divisional units
  • 8th Indep. Armoured Brigade Group, 1 brigade
  • 157th Infantry Brigade Group, 1 brigade
  • Royal Netherlands “Princess Irene” Brigade

2nd British Army, VIII and XII Corps

These 2 corps do the flanking operation. For the game, we can probably ignore them.

German order of battle

Commander in Chief Holland (CO: General der Flieger Friedrich Christiansen)

  • II SS Pz Corps , a lot of various units. Most important
    • 9 SS Pz Div “KG Hohenstaufen”, in various battalions, regiments
    • 10 SS Pz Div “KG Frundsberg”, in various battalions, regiments
  • KG “Von Tettau” , in various battalions, regiments
  • KG “Knoche” , in various battalions

Army Group B (CO: Feldmarschall Walther Model)

  • 15th Army
    • 87 Corps
      • 346 Inf. Div, 711 Static. Div, 719 Coastal Div
    • 88 Corps
      • 59 Inf. Div, 6 battalions (300 men each), (plus various other), total 2100 men
      • 245 Inf. Div, var. battalions
      • 712 Inf. Div, var. battalions
      • 85 Inf Div, KG Chill, 6 battalions, total 1650 men
  • 86 Corps
    • KG Walther, 2 battalions in 900 men plus AT PzJ company, 400 men
    • 7 Para Div. Erdmann, 10 battalions (200 men each), total 2000 men
    • 176 Inf. Div, PzA (36 tanks), AT PzJ, total 800 men
  • 1 Para Army
  • Luftwaffe West
  • Various reserves
    • 506 Pz. Res. heavy tanks
    • II Para Corps, 4 battalions (whatever there is left)
    • WK 6, Corps Feldt


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